Year: 2021

The cargo was shipped on board the Al-Salam 2 for Pakistan’s state-owned PSO, KPC said. The vessel departed from Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi on 1 January, according to Vortexa, and is due to arrive at Pakistan’s Port Qasim in Karachi on 6 January. Kuwait completed term deals in early-December to supply both 10ppm sulphur gasoil, or ULSD, and jet fuel to PSO in the first half of this year. KPC will supply 2mn t (14.9mn bl) of ULSD and 150,000t (1.2mn bl) of jet on a delivered basis at premiums of $1.95/bl and…

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ISLAMABAD: As electricity tariffs go out of reach of consumers, a group of foreign investors has sought Prime Minister Imran Khan’s intervention to remove roadblocks to cheap 425mw alternative and renewable energy (ARE) projects of less than 4 cents (Rs6.3) per unit. The Pakistan Foreign Investors Forum (PFIF) — a group of wind and solar energy sponsors — has complained to the prime minister that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) had cleared their generation tariffs — lowest in the country so far — but the Ministry of Energy…

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MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the incumbent government is making all-out efforts to ensure early completion of the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will bring a new era of development in the country.Talking to the people of his constituency in Multan on Sunday, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pursuing modern trends of economic diplomacy and Pakistani diplomats across the globe have been given certain targets to promote the country’s economy, said a statement.Qureshi welcomed the Intra-Afghan…

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has asked social media platforms to immediately block all content related to a sacrilegious film titled “Lady in Heaven”.In a statement on Sunday, the PTA said that keeping in view different reports regarding the movie and its sacrilegious content, social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, have been directed “for immediate blocking of all content related to the said movie from their platforms”. It said that so far, 336 links containing promotional material of the movie have been reported to the different…

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Bali’s famous beaches are being strewn by plastic rubbish in what experts say is becoming an annual event thanks to monsoon weather, poor waste management and a global marine pollution crisis. Authorities are struggling to keep up with the tide of rubbish washing up on beaches at Kuta, Legian and Seminyak, where about 90 tonnes of rubbish was collected on Friday and Saturday. Wayan Puja, from the Badung area’s environment and sanitation agency, said: “We have been working really hard to clean up the beaches, however the trash keeps coming.…

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